TSUNAMI popularity and TSUNAMI trends

Expedition to deploy undersea recorders that act like an antenna to provide B.C.’s coastal communities with more accurate warnings

By Yereth RosenANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Cleanup workers will soon attack a jumble of debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.The cleansing project slated to start on Friday on Montague Island is expected to last a couple weeks, ...

Oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer warned in Washington this week that the findings would include human remains, which will need to handled sensitively by those who find them.

World experts on the effects of atomic radiation have agreed to start an assessment of the radiological impact of the events at the TEPCO (Fukushima-Daiichi) nuclear power plant following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

VIENNA (AP) -- A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects says none of the six former reactor workers who have died since the catastrophe perished due to the effects of radiation....

A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan, but no tsunami is expected.

n séisme de magnitude 6,1 s’est produit dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi au large de la côte nord-est du Japon, sans que les autorités aient fait état dans l’...lire la suitehistoires liées19:02 Brussels Open : victoire d’Alison Van Uytvanck19:14 Bruxelles: en 5 mois, autant de tués par des trams qu’en 201019:17 Eternit: les protagonistes belges ne voudraient pas payer18:59 Ayrault : pas questi...

Telekom-Austria-Chef Hannes Ametsreiter und Finanzvorstand Hans Tschuden wollen das Verlustjahr 2011 abhaken, das vom Korruptionsskandal überschattet war. "Jeder blickt lieber in die Zukunft als in die Vergangenheit, wir ganz besonders", so Ametsreiter. Man habe Lehren aus den Fehlern der ehemaligen Kollegen gezogen, versicherte Tschuden am Mittwoch bei der Hauptversammlung in der Wiener Stadth...

The emotional stress of Japan's tsunami and earthquake disaster resulted in some survivors suffering a shrinkage of the brain, according to a new study.

An "unprecedented" surge in debris from last year's Japanese tsunami is washing up on Alaska's coastline, environmentalists about to embark on a major cleanup operation said.

Residents of towns in the Alaska Panhandle have begun picking up debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami now turning up across the Pacific.

Emotional stress caused by last year's tsunami caused a part of some survivors' brains to shrink, according to scientists in Japan who grasped a unique chance to study the neurological effects of trauma.

In the last five hundred years, there have been around two hundred recorded tsunamis in the Mediterranean area. According to the University of Bologna, on average there have been 15 tsunamis in Italy every 100 years for the last 4 centuries. UNESCO considers that there is a high risk of loss of life and economic disaster in the region.

Un año y dos meses después del terremoto, tsunami y desastre nuclear de Japón, el país se dispone a presentar al mundo el edificio más espectacular e importante de su historia reciente. El próximo martes se abrirán las puertas de los ascensores de la torre más alta del mundo, la Tokyo Sky Tree

Pippa Middleton attends the wedding of Sam Holland, the grandson of Lord Attenborough, who lost three generations of his family in the Indian Ocean tsunami.

The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister stood out in an eye-catching raspberry wrap dress as Camilla Hook wed actor Sam Holland in Aberlady, near Edinburgh.

Japan's gross domestic product grew at nearly double the U.S. rate for the first quarter, an unexpectedly strong sign of recovery in the wake of last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Erdbeben, Tsunami, Fukushima - die verheerenden Katastrophen im vergangenen Jahr haben auch die Wirtschaft in Japan schwer getroffen. Jetzt scheint das Tief überwunden, das Bruttoinlandsprodukt steigt überraschend deutlich an. Doch Wirtschaftsfachleute warnen vor überzogenen Erwartungen.

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's economy grew an at annual rate of 4.1 percent in the first quarter amid a gradual recovery from last year's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami....

A particular section of the fault near the Semidi Islands (pictured) has not ruptured since at least 1788, and measurements on this area reveal the pressure is accumulating rapidly.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea today, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), l'opérateur de la centrale de Fukushima-Daiichi ravagée par le tsunami du 11 mars 2011, a enregistré sur le dernier exercice fiscal, qui s'est achevé le 31 mars, une perte nette de 782 milliards de yens (7,6 milliards d'euros). L'année précédente, les pertes du groupe...

Tokyo Electric Power : Tepco, propriétaire de, la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima, ravagée par le séisme et le tsunami du 11 mars 2011, a perdu en…

Fairfax, CA - May 13, 2012 - Legally blind entrepreneur and internet marketer, Jason Baker has released a response to the ever controversial article on The Verge lumping all internet marketers as scam artists, snake oil sales people and unscrupulous....

Japanese telecoms giant NTT reports an 8.2% fall in annual profits, blaming shrinking demand and power blackouts following the tsunami.

Flotsam believed to be from last year's tsunami in Japan is starting to wash up on Western beaches of North America, triggering environmental concerns.

Even as Japan begins to emerge from the devastation from the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami, seismologists are predicting another 9.0 within the next four years. To protect its invaluable telecommunications network the next time around, Japanese carrier Softbank will deploy an emergency balloon network. More »

Former president Bill Clinton lauded mobile technology at the close of the CTIA Wireless conference Thursday. “Wireless technology has done mo…

A 10-year, $12.6 billion bailout plan for Tokyo Electric Power, operator of the nuclear plant damaged in the 2011 tsunami, includes replacing top executives and board members.

After reporting a net loss of $5.7 billion for the last fiscal year -- its fourth annual loss in a row -- Sony Corp. said it expects to swing back to a profit this fiscal year as its consumer-electronics and component businesses recover.

Bei ihrem jüngsten Ausflug müssen die Avengers Manhattan vor der kompletten Verwüstung bewahren. Doch gewisse Katastrophenexperten behaupten, dass der Schaden in Wirklichkeit trotzdem noch größere Ausmaße erreicht hätte als Hurricane Katrina oder der Tsunami, der letztes Jahr auf Japan traf. mehr...

Twin issues of data overload and spectrum crunch top of mind at CTIA industry conference

A 10-year, $12.6 billion bailout plan for Tokyo Electric Power, operator of the nuclear plant damaged in the 2011 tsunami, includes replacing top executives and board members.

Japanese car giant reports $2.5bn annual profit as production bounces back after disruption caused by quake and tsunami.

Hugh Pickens writes "How has a 78-ton boulder traveled 130 meters inland from the sea since 1991? Live Science reports that geologists have puzzled for years over the mysterious boulders that litter the desolate coastline of Ireland's Aran Islands that somehow move on their own when no one is looking. The sizes of the boulders in the formations range 'from merely impressive to mind-bogglingly s...

El dinero irá a beneficio de los damnificados por el tsunami en Japón

Japan is switching off its last working nuclear reactor, as part of the safety drive since the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima plant. from BBC News Online

A large earthquake rattles Indonesia without unleashing a damaging tsunami

All 50 reactors now closed for maintenance after 2011 tsunami but government faces major public opposition to reactivationJapan is shutting down its last working nuclear reactor as part of the safety drive imposed after the March 2011 tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima plant.The closure of the third reactor at the Tomari plant in Hokkaido prefecture, northern Japan, means all of the ...

The designers talks to Georgia Dehn about his most prized possessions, his music room and surviving the tsunami.

Die Bilder gingen um die Welt: Wütende Protestler während des Arabischen Frühlings oder der zerstörerische Tsunami im japanischen Fukushima. Die besten sind nun in Hamburg zu sehen – auch ein Deutscher ist dabei.

"Quand j'ai regardé la photo, j'ai immédiatement su que c'était ma moto."...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend just over a year after a tsunami scarred the nation and if it survives the summer without major electricity shortages, producers fear the plants will stay offline for good.

Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year’s tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400km away.

After Japan was devastated by a tsunami and nuclear disaster last year, charities raised millions of dollars simply by asking for donations from cellphone users. “Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 from your phone,” said one appeal from the American Red Cross. Read full article >>

The owner of a Harley Davidson swept away by last year's tsunami in Japan is delighted that the motorbike has been found washed up on the Canadian coast.

TOKYO (AP) -- It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) away....

The owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that washed up on B.C.’s Haida Gwaii — a rusty remnant of the devastating tsunami that struck Japan a year ago — has been identified

Yes, most hos in Los Angeles had to take a row boat to work this morning after Jessica Simpson flooded the streets with the tsunami of amniotic fluid that poured out of her while giving birth, but at least she can now walk the streets without having to worry about Ooma Loompas trying to roll her into the juicing room. Jessica announced on her site that 9 lbs. 13 oz. of baby came out of h...

A motorcycle that washed ashore on Canada's west coast may have drifted across the Pacific after being carried out to sea by last year's devastating Japanese tsunami, Canada's CBC television reported.

East Room 2:16 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Please be seated.  Good afternoon, everybody.  It is a great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Noda of Japan, one of America’s closest allies in the Asia Pacific region but also around the world.  And, of course, one of the reasons that we enjoy such a strong alliance between our nations is because it’s rooted in the deep friendship between our p...

The Maritime Museum of British Columbia's latest online project aims to identify and reunite debris floating across the Pacific Ocean with survivors of the disaster using a Facebook page.

Previamente, el mismo matrimonio que realizó el hallazgo encontró un balón de futbol que pertenecía a Misaki Murakami, quien lo perdió hace un año

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US federal scientists said a volleyball and football that washed ashore on an island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska from last year’s tsunami in Japan.

US federal scientists said that a volleyball and football that washed ashore on an island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska from last year’s tsunami in Japan.

A teenager who lost his home in Japan's devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a football that drifted all the way to Alaska.

A volleyball and soccer ball that washed ashore on an island may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in Alaska from the Japan tsunami.

Seit dem Tsunami in Japan treibt ein riesiger Schrott-Teppich im Pazifik Richtung Nordamerika. Dort ist die Sorge groß, dass radioaktives Material oder Leichenteile angeschwemmt werden könnten.Mehr zum ThemaFlugzeugkatastrophe in Pakistan - Boeing 737 stürzt bei Jungfernflug auf DorfSexy Peta-Aktivistin - Pam Anderson blitzt bei Wirtschaftsminister Rösler abFlugzeugabsturz in Pakistan - Boeing ...

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The sun spits a plasma cloud, Hubble peers at a tarantula's heart, a shuttle gets a new home, and more in the week's best space pictures.

Un an après le séisme, le tsunami et la catastrophe nucléaire, le pays affiche des comptes dégradés avec un déficit commercial de près de 42 milliards d'euros.

Interesting tidbit from the New York Times' own write-up about its new Pulitzer Prize winner, Jeffrey Gettleman, who won for his coverage in East Africa. Mr. Gettleman nominated himself for the award, and he beat out other Times reporters nominated for their coverage of the Japanese tsunami. While “some reporters might have felt his editors knew best” about the nomination, said Joseph Kahn, T...

Hasta el momento, autoridades locales no reportan constancia de daños materiales ni víctimas humanas

Quake had magnitude of 5.9, centred south of Telukbetung in Sumatra, U.S. Geological Survey says

The warning systems built to protect people from tsunamis did what they were designed to do in Indonesia this week, but that doesn't mean major casualties could have been avoided had the quakes triggered a killer wave, disaster experts say.

Der Welthandel wird 2012 zum zweiten Mal an Kraft verlieren. Die WTO begründet dies unter anderem mit der europäischen Schuldenkrise. Doch auch die Aufstände in Nordafrika und der Tsunami in Japan tragen dazu bei, dass sich das Wachstum von 5 Prozent im Vorjahr erneut verringern dürfte.

FAST good giant forced to apologise after attempting to cash in on public fear sparked by quakes to sell more chicken.

That’s what it appears. Just yesterday (11 April 2012) there were two powerful quakes off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, and two more in Mexico. In recent memory, there have been massive earthquakes in Japan last year (which caused the tsunami and the Fukushima meltdown), in Chile and Haiti in 2010, in Samoa and Sumatra in 2009, in China in 2008 and so on. But it's not true that there ar...

KFC has apologised for a Facebook message that urged people to rush home during yesterday’s tsunami scare in Thailand and order a bucket of chicken.

The United Nations humanitarian arm today praised the level of preparedness and early warning systems of several Indian Ocean countries following an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Wednesday.

Jakarta (dpa) - Zwei starke Erdbeben vor der indonesischen Insel Sumatra haben innerhalb weniger Stunden Millionen Menschen in Panik versetzt. Die Menschen blieben aber vom Schlimmsten verschont: Die...

QUETTA - The central leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Azam Swati said that until the supremacy of law is restored in the country the issues would not be resolved.“PTI will bring a tsunami in Balochistan on April 20th,” he told reporters while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday. He said that the people were gathering at a single platform under the leadership ...

QUETTA - The central leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Azam Swati said that until the supremacy of law is restored in the country the issues would not be resolved.“PTI will bring a tsunami in Balochistan on April 20th,” he told reporters while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday. He said that the people were gathering at a single platform under the leadership ...

Le premier président de l'Algérie est décédé à 96 ans, l'année du cinquantième anniversaire de l'indépendance de son pays.Articles en rapportL'alerte au tsunami a été levée dans l'océan IndienUn village espagnol choisit le cannabis pour se renflouerDamas promet de respecter l'ultimatum de l'ONULa Grèce organise des législatives anticipées«Ben Bella a une valeur mythique»

Ils ont quitté précipitamment leur maison, ou sont restés jusqu'à la dernière minute à cause d'éventuels pillages, ils sont sortis à toute vitesse…

Ahmed Ben Bella, le premier président de l'Algérie indépendante, est mort mercredi à Alger à l'âge de 95 ans, selon l'agence APS.Articles en rapportEphémère alerte au tsunami dans l´océan Indien après un très fort séismePrimaires américaines: Santorum se retire, ouvrant la voie de l´investiture à RomneyPrésidentielle américaine: débarrassé de Santorum, Romney va se consacrer à ObamaLa Corée du ...

The threat of a tsunami hitting South Africa's east coast, although a non-event, has provided a good opportunity to test systems.

Plusieurs centaines de ressortissants belges se trouvent actuellement dans la région qui a été concernée par une alerte au tsunami après le séisme survenu au large de l...lire la suite

A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending shockwaves as far away as southern India, but there seemed little risk of a disastrous tsunami as in 2004

Thailand has cancelled a tsunami warning in six of its Andaman coast provinces issued after a huge earthquake struck of the coast of Indonesia.

Berlin (dpa) - Nach den beiden Erdbeben vor der Küste Sumatras herrschte in den Ländern am Indischen Ozean Angst vor einem neuen Tsunami. Die Nachrichtenagentur dpa sprach kurz nach dem zweiten Beben...

Equities once again tried to break their recent losing streak, rising premarket after thier worst losses of the year, boosted by Alcoa’s (AA) better-than-expected earnings forecast. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq saw 0.6% gains in premarket trading, while the S&P 500 moved up 0.7%. Although first quarter earnings aren’t expected to [...]

England and Yorkshire all-rounder Tim Bresnan has been caught up in the tsunami scare engulfing Asia after an 8.7 magnitude quake struck off the Indonesia coast.

A TSUNAMI watch around the Indian Ocean has been lifted hours after two powerful earthquakes hit off Indonesia's western coast.

In second day of dull trading, the BSE Sensex fell 44 points to 17,199.40 as investors remained cautious ahead of industrial growth data, weak global markets and a massive earthquake in Sumatra that triggered tsunami fears in the Asian region, including India.

no comment : Séisme au large de Sumatra : alerte au tsunami dans tout l'océan Indien

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region dashing out of their homes and offices in fear.

Residents off western coast of Sumatra flee homes after tremor near location of 2004 disaster

Earthquake with magnitude of 8.7 hits waters off westernmost Aceh province

Eine Serie von schweren Erdbeben hat den Indischen Ozean vor der Küste Sumatras erschüttert. Der befürchtete Tsunami ist bislang ausgeblieben. Die Warnung in den Anrainerstaaten wird aber weiterhin aufrechterhalten.

Der Kieler Geograf Jürgen Newig hat nach einem Bericht des Magazins "Spiegel" eindeutige Hinweise auf einen Tsunami an der Nordseeküste gefunden. Er soll sich vor mehr als 150 Jahren ereignet haben.

Adrift since the tsunami last year, the long journey of a Japanese ghost ship across the Pacific sputtered to an end Thursday by cannon fire, the Associated Press reports. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter’s guns ripped holes in the 164-foot-long ship afloat in the Gulf of Alaska. Read full article >>

Des déposants grecs de comptes en Suisse ont fui vers de nouveaux paradis fiscaux, alors qu'Athènes négocie avec Berne un accord pour régulariser les avoirs grecs entreposés dans la Confédération, a indiqué vendredi le ministère des Finances. Selon une réponse écrite à une question parlementaire du...Articles en rapportRencontre Obama-Rousseff: le "tsunami" monétaire au menu des discussionsUn é...

OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA (AP) -- A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since the last year's tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of Alaska and eliminating the hazard it posed to shipping and the coastline....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The Coast Guard opened fire on Thursday on a derelict Japanese fishing vessel washed out to sea by last year's devastating tsunami in a bid to sink it and eliminate a threat to navigation, a spokesman for the agency said.

The US Coast Guard is preparing to sink a derelict Japanese fishing boat that has drifted across the Pacific to the Alaskan coast since the March 2011 tsunami.

Les ventes de véhicules neufs au Japon, hors mini-modèles, ont bondi de 78,2% en mars par rapport à celles du même mois de 2011, marqué par un séisme et un tsunami qui avaient fait plonger les transactions, a annoncé lundi l'Association des concessionnaires d'automobiles.histoires liéesLe président de la Banque mondiale favorable à une concurrence des BricsAutomobile: la chute des immatriculati...

La tinta de calamar es una especie de pigmento oscuro que desprenden algunos cefalópodos cuando se encuentran en peligro, dejando tras de sí un rastro que permite desorientar al atacante. Se trata, en suma, de una de las estrategias más orgánicas de evasión.

Studien rechnen mit Tsunami von bis zu 34 Meter Höhe

The Japanese government is looking at selling shares in Japan Post to raise money for post earthquake and tsunami rebuilding.

Diese Daten haben Japan kalt erwischt: Drei Monate lang sah es so aus, als würde sich die Industrieproduktion im von Erdbeben und Tsunami gebeutelten Land langsam erholen. Stattdessen stürzen die Werte ins Minus.

Insurance market posts first loss in six years as members received claims from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and floods in Thailand and Australia

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Le Japon vient de célébrer dans le recueillement le premier anniversaire de la catastrophe de Fukushima. 16.000 morts, 3.000 disparus. Toutes ces personnes ont été victimes du tremblement de terre et surtout du tsunami. Aucune, pour le moment, n'a perdu la vie des suites de l'accident nucléaire....Articles en rapportL'inégalité par l'eauLa croissance optativeLa croissance, oui... mais comment ?...

Utl.: Grüne: Unverantwortliches Taktieren von GÖD und Ministerium auf dem Rücken der Kinder Wien (OTS) - "Das Zeitfenster für einen neues LehrerInnendienstrecht schließt sich bald, denn in den nächsten zehn Jahren geht jede zweite Lehrkraft in Pension", sagt Harald ...

The tsunami that hit Japan last year inspired many documentaries, 29 of which were shown at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in October.

Vor der Ostküste der Insel Hokkaido hat die Erde gebebt. Vorsorglich hatten die Behörden vor einem Tsunami gewarnt. Die Welle blieb nun aus. Schäden sind nicht bekannt.

Wreckage from the tsunami off the coast of Japan last year is slowly making its way to American shores, and beachcombers say the debris has begun to reach land.

Tsunami (tsu-na-mi) n. m. Mot qui déferle sur la langue française depuis 2004. Les Japonais ont commémoré le premier anniversaire du tragique tsunami à Fukushima. Il y a dix ans, si l'on rencontrait le mot tsunami, on pouvait penser...

Cyndi Lauper is admired in Japan for not running away after last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Cyndi Lauper is admired in Japan as a true star who didn't run away last year despite the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Habrá que equilibrar los presupuestos para rebajar el déficit y acercarse a la norma europea del 3%. Según Rajoy, un déficit del 5.8% del producto bruto se tendrá que reducir y esto significa economizar más. La reputación de Rajoy, tanto en España como en Europa, está en juego. El gobierno para demostrar su disciplina presupuestaria, tendrá que gastar menos, los ciudadanos también harán lo mism...

Bild: 11.3.2011 Ausserdem hat es übrigens ein Erdbeben und einen Tsunami gegeben mit 22000 Toten oder Vermissten. Alle anscheinend in Fukushima.Zum Beitrag im Blog »

Wien (OTS) - Vor einem Jahr rollte ein Tsunami über die Küste der Präfektur Fukushima und löste in der Folge drei Kernschmelzen im Atomkraftwerk Daiichi aus. AktivistInnen von GLOBAL 2000 veranstalteten am heutigen ersten Jahrestag der Katastrophe einen Flashmob. Gemeinsam mit ...

Despite worries, radiation exposure from the Japanese nuclear plant damaged by the tsunami is unlikely to cause an increase in cancers.Yogi Berra supposedly said, "It's tough making predictions, especially about the future." He was right. However, there is an out for forecasters trying to predict long-term medical consequences of the Fukushima nuclear facility accident: The final reckoning will...

Two players deep in the American Rockies remember the tsunami that ravaged their home country of Japan a year ago.

Cómo éramos antes de todo esto? Un año después del terremoto y del posterior tsunami que arrasó la costa noreste de Japón cobrándose las vidas de más de 19.000 personas y provocando daños valorados en 500.000 millones de euros, todas las tareas se encaminan a limpiar los destrozos, a restaurar los cuantiosos daños, a taponar las fisuras de los reactores de la central de Fukushima Daiichi, a res...

Fukushima. Un an après le funeste tsunami qui a emporté près de vingt mille vies, le nom de cette préfecture, de cette ville sans histoire, est entré dans le dictionnaire nucl...lire la suite

Miles de ancianos víctimas del tsunami siguen en el limbo en Japón, incluyendo los miembros de un club de tejido, donde después de unos meses las mujeres comenzaron a dejar de lado su rigidez y a ser más abiertas.

March 11 marks the first anniversary of Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami, and radiation disaster. Justin McCurry visited Fukushima to report on the ongoing health issues facing citizens.

Ein Jahr nach dem großen Erdbeben in Japan, dem verheerenden Tsunami und dem Atomunglück in Fukushima sehen die meisten Ökonomen eine Rückkehr der japanischen Wirtschaft zur Normalität. Der Nikkei hat bereits einen gewaltigen Sprung gemacht - aber die Risiken sind enorm.

Der Tsunami hat in Japan die Energiepolitik zerstört. Diesen Sommer muss das Land wohl ohne Atomstrom auskommen. Tokio sucht nach einem Kompromiss zwischen Wirtschaftsinteressen und den Ängsten der Menschen.

One year after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, now is the time for investors to look again at Tokyo

The sound waves from the devastating 9-magnitude Japanese earthquake last year have been converted into an audio track and released ahead of the one-year anniversary of the atrocity.

On March 11, a year will have passed since Japan was struck by the triple tragedy of an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident.

Last year, on March 11, a deadly earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan, killing more than 15,000 people. To make matters worse, the natural disaster triggered a major crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The subsequent meltdown and radioactive release is the only event in history other than Chernobyl to rate as a “major [...]

Die ungewollte Preisgabe von Informationen im Netz kann den Ruf ebenso zerstören wie ein realer Tsunami das eigene Haus. Was wir brauchen, ist eine Pflichtversicherung für Online-Katastrophen.

A year on from the tsunami, Tokyo’s spirit is as strong and bright as ever, finds Harry Mount as he enjoys the food, sights and, er, sumo wrestling.

On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that destroyed roads, bridges, and buildings; killed nearly 16,000 people; and critically disabled three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. By March 12, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was already considering urging Americans within 50 miles of the stricken nuclear reactors to evacuate...

Tons of debris that have been drifting across the Pacific Ocean since last year's magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan could reach Hawaii and the West Coast, including California, experts said Tuesday.

Haunting family photos pulled from the wreckage of Japan's tsunami.

Tohoku Electric Power is expected to be the first Japanese nuclear-plant operator to offer bonds since last year's earthquake and tsunami, making it a test case of investor interest in the sector.

After some five years of public debate on the national broadband network it is heartening to see that more and more people are getting the message that the network means more than just fast internet access. Increasingly key decision-makers in business and government are reaching an understanding of the transformation that is underway in the economy. It started with the music industry, followe...

[[366107]] FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI (Japon) (AFP) : Le ministre français de l'Industrie, Eric Besson, s'est rendu mardi à la centrale accidentée de Fukushima, adressant un message d'encouragements aux travailleurs du site ravagé par le tsunami du 11 mars dernier. "J'appartiens à un pays qui produit...

Des centaines de personnes ont manifesté samedi à Aulnay-sous-Bois...

In the confusion following the earthquake and tsunami last March that damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was standing by to help. But a trove of e-mails posted on the NRC’sWeb site shows an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and how to deal with the American public while cutting through what one official called “the fog of informati...

THE GOVERNMENT should “address the threat to humanity posed by the tsunami of unverifiable data, opinion, libel and vulgar abuse in new media”, Alan Crosbie, the chairman of Thomas Crosbie Holdings, said yesterday.

El animal, un cobrador dorado que fue adiestrado en la UNAM, murió de manera trágica el pasado jueves en el DF; el año pasado dio apoyo al poblado de Natory, en Japón, en medio del caos por el tsunami

UBS Securities’s Parag Agarwal today raised his rating on shares of On Semiconductor (ONNN) to Buy from Neutral, and raised his price target to $11 from $7, writing that the company is poised to reap the benefit of its purchase of the semiconductor operations of Sanyo (5958JP), which the company completed a year ago. After [...]

Intervention du Premier ministreMesdames et messieurs les députés, Monsieur Jean-François Copé, Nous avons assisté vendredi à une sorte de petit tsunami médiatique qui était par moment aussi indécent que déplacé. En effet, les agences de notation sont des indicateurs utiles qui doivent être écoutés et ces agences de notation sont des indicateurs utiles parce qu’elles influent les marchés.

TRUE innovation appears to have run dead.

The Denver Broncos QB is a cultural tsunami whose remarkable overtime pass has hurled him into the national spotlight.

Sie gehört zum Standardrepertoire von Weltuntergangspropheten, Verschwörungstheoretikern und anderen Wichtigtuern: Die Behauptung, es würde in letzter Zeit immer mehr schwere Erdbeben geben. Das sei nicht normal, sondern ein Anzeichen für die kommenden große Katastrophe. Ich habe schon anlässlich des großen Bebens in Fukushima darüber nachgedacht, ob es tatsächlich immer mehr Erdbeben gibt und ...

A massive 9.0 magnitude quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on March 11. The earthquake and the ensuing powerful tsunami left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing. It sparked a nuclear meltdown and the release of radioactive material from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, causing the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. [Read more]

The legacy of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami will be felt for many years, writesDAVID McNEILLIN Tokyo

BANDA ACEH (AFP) - An Indonesian girl separated from her family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her relatives after seven years living as a street child, her parents said Friday.Mary Yuranda, who is now 14, showed up at a cafe in the city of Meulaboh, in the tsunami-battered Aceh province, looking for her parents. She was reunited with them on Wednesday after a local...

Meri Yuranda spent seven years as a street beggar before reuniting with her parents

Efforts to preserve the Web should make use of the powerful, distributed collaboration it allows. The challenge of collecting and preserving the Web, or even a representative sample of it, is a daunting one (see "Fire in the Library"). It is not enough to simply capture the information a website contained, be that text, images, or video. We must preserve something of the experience and...

KANGANPUR - Former foreign minister and leading figure of PML-Q Likeminded, Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has decided to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He is likely to make an announcement regarding his decision at a public meeting scheduled to be held in Kasur on December 20.All arrangements for Public meeting have been finalised. While talking to TheNation Kasuri said that honesty and change ...

In July, Google announced that it would be sending its Street View cars through the areas of Japan stricken by the March earthquake and tsunami. Today the work of stitching and annotating is finished and the data is available to be browsed like any other Street View location on a special website they've called "Build the Memory," though it is also labeled as Memories for the Future. A little c...

The slow-motion supply-chain tsunami caused by the Thailand flood has reached Intel. On Monday, the microprocessor maker revised its earnings estimates for the fourth quarter, dropping them by $1 billion. The company said the revenue shortfall is due to the hard disk drive shortage caused by the October flood. A large portion of the world's hard disk drive manufacturing base is in the part of T...

Die Finanzkrise in Europa, der Tsunami und seine Folgen in Japan und die mit der Bankenkrise innig verbundene Schuldenkrise – 2011 war ein Börsenjahr, das die Anleger das Fürchten lehrte. Und auch für die kommenden Monate ist Vorsicht angezeigt.

Travelling in Sri Lanka in 2004, Carrère becomes close to a couple whose daughter dies in the tsunami. Upon his return to Paris, he learns that his girlfriend’s sister Juliette is dying of cancer. In this moving memoir, Carrère writes as “a witness . . . (Subscription required.)

Die Tokyo Motorshow ist die letzte große Auto-Schau des Jahres. Eines, das für die japanischen Hersteller einen besonders krisenreichen Verlauf genommen hat: Erdbeben, Tsunami und obendrein ein starker Yen als Export-Gift haben den Asiaten schwer zu schaffen gemacht. Aber: Man leckt die Wunden und blickt nach vorn. Mit teils wild abgefahrenen Studien als Mutmachern, die zumindest antriebstechni...

GHOTKI – Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi joined the PTI on Sunday, disappointing the PML-N and sending the PPP into a shock by his opening the doors of rural Sindh to the revolutionary movement of Imran Khan which is already sweeping the urban areas of the country.Qureshi made the announcement at a rally he jointly led with PTI chief Imran Khan in Ghotki, part of the broad hinterla...

GHOTKI – Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi joined the PTI on Sunday, disappointing the PML-N and sending the PPP into a shock by his opening the doors of rural Sindh to the revolutionary movement of Imran Khan which is already sweeping the urban areas of the country.Qureshi made the announcement at a rally he jointly led with PTI chief Imran Khan in Ghotki, part of the broad hinterla...

Die anhaltenden Überschwemmungen in Thailand haben mittlerweile deutliche Auswirkungen auf die Produktion vieler IT-Firmen. Nachdem vor allem japanische Hersteller nach dem Tsunami in Japan ihre Produktion nach Thailand verlegt haben, stehen nun seit Wochen ihre Fabrikhallen rund um Bangkok unter Wasser. Die dort produzierten Geräte werden langsam knapp.

Krieg und Tsunami haben Spuren hinterlassen, doch Sri Lanka öffnet sich langsam für den Tourismus. Silja Streeck hat die Insel mehrere Monate lang mit der Kamera bereist.

The head of Google Ideas says technology will rewrite the relationship between citizens and governments. If anyone foresaw the technologically enabled political tsunami dubbed that Arab spring, it was Jared Cohen, now head of Google's think tank Google Ideas, and previously of the U.S. state department.

TEPCO tente de redorer son blason auprès de l'opinion publique. Pour la première fois depuis le tsunami du 11 mars, l'opérateur japonais de…

At the Tokyo premiere of 'Moneyball,' Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reveal that their kids love being in Japan as much as they do and Pitt pays respect to people affected by the catastrophe caused by the tsunami earlier this year.

If object had hit planet’s ocean it would have created 70-foot high tsunami waves

All the pre-publicity in the world can't beat a good first-person shooter Source: GamesBeat. Chart: PED It's hard to imagine what more could have been done to drum up interest in Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs. The only biography of Apple's (AAPL) CEO written with Jobs' cooperation hit the bookstores 19 days after his death in a tsunami of publicity, from 60 Minutes to Charlie Rose to Jo...

Katastrophale Zustände in der italienischen Stadt Genua: Nach tagelangen Regenfällen haben sich die Straßen und Gassen der Lagunenstadt in reißende Bäche verwandelt. Der Fluss Bisagno trat über die Ufer und überschwemmte mehrere Stadtteile. Riesige Wasser- und Schlammmassen, die plötzlich durch eine Straße in der Innenstadt strömten, erdrückten vier Frauen und zwei Kinder, die in einem Hauseing...

East China's Jiangsu Province has become one of the destinations for Japanese investors as they are increasing investment outside the country as part of Japan's efforts to transfer production capacity after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March.

The 2010 Traffic Miami conference was a landmark event, not just because it drew great feedback from attendees, but because it also brought some clarity to a domain conference picture that had become muddled by a tsunami of shows. In our new complete show review article we break down what happened and what it means.